Summer in Bucharest can become extremely difficult for the residents of the Capital. Temperatures frequently exceed 35 degrees Celsius, the heated asphalt transforms the city into a true urban oven, and tropical nights make rest almost impossible. In many old apartments, especially in blocks built before 1990, the heat accumulates rapidly and persi...
The interwar period represented one of the most spectacular stages in the development of Bucharest. Between the two world wars, the capital of Greater Romania expanded rapidly, the population grew massively, and the city began to acquire the image of a modern European metropolis. At the same time, however, Bucharest was a city of profound contrasts...
Interwar Bucharest was a period of artistic brilliance, cultural effervescence, and performances that transformed the evenings of the Capital into true social events. During that era, revue theaters, summer gardens, and performance halls were the places where the public came to forget their worries and discover the new stars of Romanian music and s...
In recent years, social and economic factors have influenced many couples' decisions about becoming parents, with the age of conception rising steadily.Data from 2025 at Embryos, one of Romania's largest fertility clinics, shows that the average age of women undergoing in vitro fertilization has risen to 35.5 years — one year more than in 2024. And...
When summer arrives in Bucharest, the city shifts into a different gear. Terraces push their chairs outside, the air smells of linden blossoms and warm asphalt, and after six in the evening people start drifting toward any corner that offers shade and a cold drink. Bucharest in summer can be overwhelming — the traffic, the heat rising off the pave...
Romanian sport has offered over time numerous personalities who made history through their performances, but few names managed to go beyond the boundaries of one discipline and become symbols of sporting excellence worldwide. One such name is Lia Manoliu, one of Romania’s most important athletes and a respected figure in the international Olympic m...
Choosing a good area to live in Bucharest has become, in recent years, a real challenge. The capital offers neighborhoods for all budgets and lifestyles, but the differences between them are huge when it comes to rent costs, access to public transport, level of safety and quality of life. For those who want to find the ideal balance between price a...
More and more Bucharest residents choose to invest in health and in an active lifestyle, and fitness gyms have become part of the daily routine for people of all ages. Whether it is about the desire to lose weight, increase muscle mass, reduce stress or simply have more energy, going to the gym has long ceased to be just a trend, but a necessity fo...
Today’s Bucharest seems built from hurried asphalt, irritable concrete, and cafés that appear overnight with a minimalist logo and European-city prices. But old Bucharest, the one described by Constantin C. Giurescu in The History of Bucharest, breathed in an entirely different way. Before the city became the capital of blocked trams, wide boulevar...
Bucharest preserves in the names of its streets the memory of personalities who contributed decisively to the development of Romanian medicine, culture or science. Among them is also Calistrat Grozovici, one of the pioneers of infectious medicine in Romania and founder of the infectious diseases school at Colentina Hospital. Although his name is no...